Match Discussion: Round 1 vs Dragons @ WIN Stadium

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NRL 2020 - Round 1
St George Illawarra Dragons v Wests Tigers
WIN Stadium, Wollongong (TICKETS)
Sunday 15 March 2020

Gates 3:30pm • Canterbury Cup 3:45pm • NRL kickoff 6:15pm

1. Zac Lomax 2. Jordan Pereira 3. Brayden Wiliame 4. Tim Lafai 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Corey Norman 7. Ben Hunt 8. James Graham 9. Issac Luke 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Tariq Sims 13. Blake Lawrie
Interchange: 14. Trent Merrin 15. Tyrell Fuimaono 16. Billy Brittain 17. Jacob Host 18. Jackson Ford 19. Adam Clune 20. Euan Aitken 21. Josh Kerr

1. Corey Thompson 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Joseph Leilua 4. Adam Doueihi 5. Robert Jennings 6. Benji Marshall 7. Luke Brooks 8. Josh Aloiai 9. Billy Walters 10. Alex Twal 11. Luke Garner 12. Luciano Leilua 13. Elijah Taylor
Interchange: 14. Thomas Mikaele 15. Josh Reynolds 16. Zane Musgrove 17. Chris Lawrence 18. Michael Chee-Kam 19. Oliver Clark 20. Matt Eisenhuth 21. Paul Momirovski

Referees: To be advised
Sideline Officials: To be advised
Video Referees: To be advised

Lower Grades
Dragons v Western Suburbs @ WIN
NSWRL Canterbury Cup, Sun 3:45pm
Dragons v Wests Tigers @ Ziems Park
NSWRL U20 Jersey Flegg Cup, Sun 1pm​

 

[Tigerm]

We got this by 12, Brooks MOM

 

[The unknown]

Round 1 games are always a lottery, but I’ll be bias and tip us by 6

Jeez it’s been a long time since we’ve played at win, can’t wait to go there it’s a nice little stadium

 

[Perth Tiger]

Dragons look terrible this season, hopefully they show it on round 1

 

[Tiger05]

It's round 1 dudes. I hope we get the win but anything can happen.

 

[WA Tiger]

To be 6 down against the warriors and just pull away like we did with minimal fuss and nowhere near our best eg Brooke’s ..I think anything’s possible this year ..We have to win this and preferably well ..

 

[Tigers4ever]

We will win by 14 the score 24 - 10 it is time for some bets BJ first try tigers 13+

 

[Old Time Tiger]

Be careful.......Dragons are usually leading the comp by rounds 4/5 before their inevitable fall.

 

[SBD82]

I’m hoping for a win, because I can’t justify not supporting my team.

But if you blokes are going to beat us in this one, I hope you put a score on. The earlier we get rid of Mary the better.

I’m sure Benji would enjoy driving some nails into the coffin of Mary’s coaching career. An old school exhibition from him might do the trick.

 

[Trollhammaren]

Our record in Round 1 fixtures has to be up there with the best in the league. We win far more than we lose for what ever reason historically.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Our record in Round 1 fixtures has to be up there with the best in the league. We win far more than we lose for what ever reason historically.

apparently second only to the storm

it’s just rounds 2-26 that we suck

 

[Tigerm]

apparently second only to the storm

it’s just rounds 2-26 that we suck

Especially R 26

 

[benched tiger]

We go alright on the bye rounds also.

 

[super_coach]

Toss of a coin for the first month

 

[stryker]

We'll win. Saints arent showing much currently.

 

[Tiger Ted]

We'll win. Saints arent showing much currently.

We should win however It’s the unpredictable opening round saints r prematurely getting hammered by media & fans & we r due to lose an opening Rd match.

 

[Tigerm]

We should win however It’s the unpredictable opening round saints r prematurely getting hammered by media & fans & we r due to lose an opening Rd match.

But to have an undefeated season, we have to win this one as well

 

[Vic Mackey]

Saints will have had this game penciled since the 80th minute of round 26 last year. They aren’t a bad side who had a horror season on and off the field.

Their 1-5 is poor however they have 5 current origin players compared to our none, that and 6 months of burning over a shit season will make this a tough encounter.

 

[gordynz]

They looked quite strong in the first half of the Charity Shield and I wouldn't be taking them too lightly. The team we trounced at the back end of last season isn't going to be the same team we come up against round 1.

Like Vic said, their 1-5 are their weakness, we have them covered there. Their forward pack is far more experienced than ours however our boys have shown promise and this will be a good test for them to see where they're at. I honestly think it comes down to how Brooks and Benji play up against Hunt and Norman... If Brooks and Benji are on, the likes of BJ, Luciano, Nofo could have a field day and we can put a score on them, however, if Hunt and Norman can match us I think it could go either way.

I think it'll be tight up until the 50min mark but we'll pull away slightly to win by 12. Scoring 6 unconverted tries to 2 lmao

 

[BrotherJim05]

This will all come down to our forwards. Dragons pack is miles more experienced than ours. If our boys can match it with them then I can see us out-defending them and our right side attack cracking them open.

This game is very important as it will give us an indication where our young pack is at